Measuring Violence Against Women :Tabulations and Conclusions

International Seminar on Gender Statistics Incheon, Republic of Korea

12-14 November 2013

Linda Hooper, StatisticianDemographic and Social Statistics Branch - UNSD

Introduction

• Guidelines for Producing Statistics on Violence against Women: Statistical Surveys– Chapter VI: Data processing and analysis

• Provides guidance on – data processing– analysis– dissemination

– Annex VI: Tabulations• Detailed tabulations based on FoC indicators

Data analysis• Data analysis is the survey process that aims to provide

answers to the overarching questions identified by stakeholders

• the process of transforming raw data into statistics and statistics into useable information presented in the form of numbers, tables and graphics and interpreted in analytical articles that discuss the trends and patterns in the data and their significance for policy or programme formation

• Involves organizing, summarizing and interpreting the data in a way that provides clear answers to policy-releavnt questions

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Core topics Descriptive variable

Core indictor

Time frame

Physical violence

Sexual violence

Psycho-logical violence

Economic violence

Severity of violence

Relation-ship of victim to the perpe-trator

Frequency of violence

IPast 12 months

x x x x

II Lifetime x x x x

IIIPast 12 months

x x x x

IV Lifetime x x x x

VPast 12 months

x x x

VI Lifetime x x x

VIIPast 12 months

x

VIIIPast 12 months

x

Calculation of prevalence rate

All respondents

Module of questions on physical and sexual

violence by persons other than intimate partners

Rate of non-partner violence:

Number of women who experienced non-partner violence x 100Total number of respondents

Tabulations

Proposed tabulations for core indicators• Used for producing FoC indicators• Linked to the Minimum set of gender

indicators• Represent the minimum analytical results of a

survey on violence against women

• For producing the data as per the Guidelines, syntax, codebook and table shells (in excel) has been developed by UNECE and Henriette Jansen.

• Downloadable from UNECE’s websitehttp://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/VAW/Survey+module+for+measuring+violence+against+women

Indicator 1Total and age specific rate of women subjected to physical violence in the past 12 months (severity/perpetrator/frequency)

• Table I-1. Women reporting physical violence in the past 12 months by age and relationship to perpetrator

• Table I-2. Women reporting physical violence by non-partner perpetrators in the past 12 months by age and detailed relationship to perpetrator

• Table I-3. Women reporting physical violence by partner or non-partner in the past 12 months by age and by severity of violence

• Table I-4. Women reporting physical violence by partner or non-partner in the past 12 months by age and by frequency

Indicator 2

Total and age specific rate of women subjected to physical violence during lifetime (severity/perpetrator/frequency)

• Table II-1. Women reporting physical violence during their lifetime by age and relationship to perpetrator

• Table II-2. Women reporting physical violence by non-partner perpetrators during their lifetime by age and detailed relationship to perpetrator

• Table II-3. Women reporting physical violence by partner or non-partner during their lifetime by age and by severity of violence

• Table II-4. Women reporting physical violence by partner or non-partner during their lifetime by age and by frequency

Indicator 3Total and age-specific rate of women subjected to sexual violence in the past 12 months by severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrator and frequency

• Table III-1. Women reporting sexual violence in the past 12 months by age and relationship to perpetrator

• Table III-2. Women reporting sexual violence by non-partner perpetrators in the past 12 months by age and detailed relationship to perpetrator

• Table III-3. Women reporting sexual violence by partner or non-partner in the past 12 months by age and by severity of violence

• Table III-4. Women reporting sexual violence by partner or non-partner in the past 12 months by age and by frequency

Indicator 4Total and age-specific rate of women subjected to sexual violence during their lifetime by severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrator and frequency

• Table IV-1. Women reporting sexual violence during their lifetime by age and relationship to perpetrator

• Table IV-2. Women reporting sexual violence by non-partner perpetrators during their lifetime by age and detailed relationship to perpetrator

• Table IV-3. Women reporting sexual violence by partner or non-partner during their lifetime by age and by severity of violence

• Table IV-4. Women reporting sexual violence by partner or non-partner during their lifetime by age and by frequency

Indicator 5 Total and age-specific rate of ever-partnered women subjected to sexual and/or

physical violence by a current or former intimate partner in the past 12 months by frequencyFor these indicators, total women refers only to those women who have ever had a partner.

• Table V-1. Women reporting physical, sexual, physical or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in past 12 months by age

• Table V-2. Women reporting physical violence by a current or former intimate partner in the past 12 months by age and frequency

• Table V-3. Women reporting sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the past 12 months by age and frequency

• Table V-4. Women reporting sexual and/or physical violence by a current or former intimate partner in the past 12 months by age and frequency

Indicator 6 Total and age-specific rate of ever-partnered women subjected to sexual and/or physical violence by a current or former intimate partner during their lifetime by frequency

• Table VI-1. Women reporting physical, sexual, physical or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner during their lifetime by age

• Table VI-2. Women reporting physical violence by a current or former intimate partner during their lifetime by age and frequency

• Table VI-3. Women reporting sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner during their lifetime by age and frequency

• Table VI-4. Women reporting sexual and/or physical violence by a current or former intimate partner during their lifetime by age and frequency

Indicator 7

Total and age-specific rate of ever-partnered women subjected to psychological violence in the past 12 months by an intimate partner

• Women reporting emotional abuse, controlling behaviors and emotional abuse and/or controlling behaviors by any intimate partner in the past 12 months by age

Indicator 8

Total and age-specific rate of ever-partnered women subjected to economic violence in the past 12 months by an intimate partner

• Women reporting economic violence by a current or former intimate partner in the past 12 months by age

Dissemination of results

• Production of metadata

• Creation of data file– Syntax and tables

• Release of findings

Conclusions

• Tabulations are multi-dimensional • Focus on the denominator, population at risk• Resources are available